Kabir Mulchandani

For the 1992-93 school year, he pursued his undergraduate studies at Stanford University, in the United States, where he majored in industrial engineering, and earlier graduated from Phillips Exeter Academy. Prior to that he attended the elite Cathedral and John Connon School in Mumbai.

In 2021, FIVE Hotels and Resorts launched its own record label FIVE Music to produce a hand crafted portfolio of the worlds music.[13][14]

In 2009, Kabir was arrested in Dubai for a highly publicized case of real estate fraud. He was first let out on bail after 140 days, and later acquitted of all these charges in 2010.[15]

It was found by the Supreme Court of Dubai, claimants accused him in order to avoid honoring their financial obligations. The main allegation was directly dismissed by the Public Prosecutor.[16] The second allegation was heard in Dubai Court and judge concluded that the accused did not deceive the plaintiffs in the civil action and was not satisfied with their statements in this regard and finds no credibility in the statements as they are baseless and without evidence supporting them.[17] He was exonerated and was acquitted from all allegations.[15][16]

His legal battle with Viceroy over operator rights of the Palm Jumeriah hotel was highly publicized. Viceroy's termination took place on the same day Viceroy's UAE shareholders announced their plans to wholly own the company. Viceroy's web page has a clear note on it distancing itself from the property as it is run today.

In 2012, he married his second wife Nadia Zaal, one of the most influential Emirati women in the GCC, the couple have three sons and one daughter.

Kabir Mulchandani, who won Philanthropist of the Year at the CEO Middle East Awards 2017,[18] supports a number of charities. In March 2017, his company FIVE launched Project Udaan with the aim of saving a life every day in India. The project provides daily life-saving surgery to children born with congenital heart defects, whose families could otherwise not afford the medical costs.[19] It also supports the New Faces Charitable Trust, paying for surgery to help children born with facial deformities.[20]

Kabir Mulchandani presented at Reuters NEXT in New York City on November 30th, 2022.[21] The presentation featured a ready-to-implement net zero energy building design as part of FIVE Global Holdings’ sustainable development strategy.[22] The tower primarily applies a solar panel façade to generate 103.1% of the building’s calculated energy demand, producing 5,781 Mwh. FIVE consulted international environmental design consultant Atelier 10 and global architectural firm AE7 to design the project. FIVE’s net zero energy tower applies the copyrighted core and shell of FIVE’s operational FIVE Jumeirah Village hotel in moving towards a net zero energy model.[21][22]